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Tag Archives: bedroom
Bohemian Splendor in Cobble Hill
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT BLOGGING is making new friends. Lula and I met only a few months ago, when she stumbled upon my blog and contacted me. We soon discovered we are neighbors in two places. She has … Continue reading →
Posted in ANTIQUES & COLLECTING, BROOKLYN, BROWNSTONE DECORATING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INTERIOR DESIGN
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Tagged 1850s, antiques, bedroom, Bergen Street, bohemian, Broken English, brownstone, Cobble Hill, configuration, cornice, cottage, Court Street, decorating, doors, East Hampton, Fork & Pencil, Fork and Pencil, Italianate, kitchen, layout, moldings, original, parlor floor, plaster, refinish, renovation, semi-retirement, Springs, terrace, Venetian plaster, Victorian, wallpaper
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Feng Shui Problem Resolved
MY SISTER ASKED ME A COGENT QUESTION THIS EVENING: “So how did you solve your feng shui problem in the bedroom?” Oh, that! I guess I owe her, and y’all, an explanation. Taking to heart the sage advice of MazeDancer, … Continue reading →
Posted in BROOKLYN, BROWNSTONE DECORATING, INTERIOR DESIGN
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Tagged bedroom, brownstone, ceiling beam, credenza, feng shui, IKEA, Pearl River, pied a terre, Prospect Heights
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Feng Shui Nightmare in a Brownstone Bedroom
THE BEDROOM IN MY PROSPECT HEIGHTS PIED-A-TERRE is finally coming together. Last week I committed myself to a 1960s platform credenza, above, for storing my family’s photo archive, a more attractive repository than the half-dozen plastic bins in which our … Continue reading →
Posted in BROOKLYN, BROWNSTONE DECORATING, INTERIOR DESIGN
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Tagged bamboo flutes, Baxter & Liebch, bed, bed placement, bedroom, brownstone, ceiling beam, ceiling beams, credenza, feng shui, furniture placement, placement, Prospect Heights, Re-Pop
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My Bedroom Wall Color Revealed!
FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT I might never make a decision about what color to paint the bedroom in my Prospect Heights garden floor-through (and I admit I was among those who thought it), I’m relieved to report that the day … Continue reading →
Posted in BROOKLYN, BROWNSTONE DECORATING, INTERIOR DESIGN
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Tagged 19th century, armoire, bedroom, BROOKLYN, brownstone, credenza, fireplace, garden floor-through, kitchen hearth, mid-century, mid-century modern, orange, paint color, Pale Carnelian, Pratt & Lambert, Prospect Heights, row houses, wall color
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Color Quandary
OK, IT’S NOT A LIFE-ALTERING DECISION, but I’m surprisingly perplexed about what to do re the paint color for my bedroom walls. Me, the expert who successfully chose colors sight unseen for the living room and bathroom, below, when my … Continue reading →
